Pre-AP English 1 - Ms. Chris[email protected] |
Pre-requisites and Summer Reading
Pre-AP English I focuses on critical thinking and analytical skills using literature as the base. It encompasses short stories, novels, drama, nonfiction (essays, speeches, books). Writing skills are the second main focus. Students will be required to read and write extensively.
- To be in Pre-AP English I, students must have an A both semesters of 8th grade English or a B with teacher approval.
- Pre-AP English requires summer reading for all students. This year’s choice for Pre-AP English I is either The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. You can find one used online fairly inexpensively. We have a few copies at school if you do not want to get your own copy. You'll need to email me that you need a school copy, so I can arrange a time to get one to you.
- The assignment over the novel is below and there will be a test within the first few days of school.
Assignment
Part 1: Double Entry Log
Below are instructions for the assignment you will turn in on the first day of school.
The double-entry journal combines note-taking with personal comment. It provides two columns in conversation with one another. Its purpose is to encourage careful reading and response. As you read, write your personal responses to the work. Write direct quotes first and then your responses underneath. Direct quotes do not have to be dialogue; they can be narration/description as well. State your feelings, thoughts, reactions, and questions about situations, characters, ideas, actions, settings, details. Write about what you like or dislike, what seems confusing or unusual. Tell what you think something means. Relate plot, characters, setting to your personal experiences or to people you know—in life or in literature. Responses should be more than just a word or phrase. Do not ask what a word means unless you have looked it up first and could not find a definition. You should include 3 entries for every chapter in the book. You may write the assignment in a spiral notebook, loose leaf paper, or you may type it. If you have your own copy of the book, you can highlight selections as you go; if you have borrowed a copy, use little sticky notes to mark pages to which you wan to return for quotes for your assignment.
This is how your page should be set up.
Chapter number
Quote & page number (the page number is really to help you complete assignments later; if you are using a digital or audio book, include whatever information would help you find the location again.)
Your Response/Questions/Insights (your commentary should be more than a phrase; it needs to be well thought out and in complete sentences)
Part 2: Response
Type an approximately 3/4 page response to the following question in 12 point, double spaced, Times New Roman. Save it in your drive. You will be directed where to upload it the first day of school.
Select a character from the novel and explain how that character is an 'outsider'. Be sure to use specific examples from the novel for support.
Below are instructions for the assignment you will turn in on the first day of school.
The double-entry journal combines note-taking with personal comment. It provides two columns in conversation with one another. Its purpose is to encourage careful reading and response. As you read, write your personal responses to the work. Write direct quotes first and then your responses underneath. Direct quotes do not have to be dialogue; they can be narration/description as well. State your feelings, thoughts, reactions, and questions about situations, characters, ideas, actions, settings, details. Write about what you like or dislike, what seems confusing or unusual. Tell what you think something means. Relate plot, characters, setting to your personal experiences or to people you know—in life or in literature. Responses should be more than just a word or phrase. Do not ask what a word means unless you have looked it up first and could not find a definition. You should include 3 entries for every chapter in the book. You may write the assignment in a spiral notebook, loose leaf paper, or you may type it. If you have your own copy of the book, you can highlight selections as you go; if you have borrowed a copy, use little sticky notes to mark pages to which you wan to return for quotes for your assignment.
This is how your page should be set up.
Chapter number
Quote & page number (the page number is really to help you complete assignments later; if you are using a digital or audio book, include whatever information would help you find the location again.)
Your Response/Questions/Insights (your commentary should be more than a phrase; it needs to be well thought out and in complete sentences)
Part 2: Response
Type an approximately 3/4 page response to the following question in 12 point, double spaced, Times New Roman. Save it in your drive. You will be directed where to upload it the first day of school.
Select a character from the novel and explain how that character is an 'outsider'. Be sure to use specific examples from the novel for support.